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Box problem
This puzzle is idea for use when teaching nets. Six nets are presented and the challenge is to decide which can be folded into a cuboid. The nets are provided in a format that allows for cutting out to test answers. This resource is suitable for Key Stage 3.
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Box Variables
This unplugged activity, from the CS4FN team at Queen Mary University of London, helps learners to understand variable assignment and operations. They use the idea of variables as boxes as the basis of a group activity, developing their use of logical thinking to trace variables through programs.
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Students learn how to re-purpose unwanted boxes with this family friendly activity kit.
Boxes
This Study Plus unit from the National Strategies develops an understanding of volume and surface area of 3D objects through exploring nets.
There are opportunities for practical work in all of the lessons. The unit looks at perimeter, area and volume in context. In addition, there are opportunities to...
Boxes and Bottles
Boxes and bottles come in all shapes and sizes. These Cre8ate maths activities explore some of the mathematics behind packaging decisions taken by manufacturers, they provide a platform for students to make conjectures and find efficient ways of recording results to justify claims they have made. In Boxing stock...
Boyle's law - GCSE and A level physics
A pair of videos that investigates the Boyle’s law relationship. The first demonstrates how to undertake the experiment using a pressure sensor and syringe. The second explains how to interpret the data, plot the graph and determine if there is a relationship between the volume of a gas and the pressure.
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This apparatus is for determining experimentally the relationship between gas volume and pressure at constant temperature (Boyles law). The working cylinder is made of...
'Boys and girls learn differently!' offers valuable and much-needed tools to provide boys and girls with true equal educational opportunities. The new techniques Michael Gurian presents here will transform our...
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Boys, Girls and Chimps
This Science upd8 activity draws on research which shows that young female chimps learn survival skills faster and more effectively than males.
Their sex-based learning differences are similar to those of humans! In this activity students look at research evidence and decide whether learning differences are...